The 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Wildcat Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 9–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Connecticut and Central Arkansas before losing in the quarterfinals to South Dakota State.
Quick Facts New Hampshire Wildcats football, FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 14–56 vs. South Dakota State ...
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Maine | No. 13 | | CSL[1] | W 24–23 | 15,854 |
[2] | 4:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern* | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | W 22–12 | 3,387 |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | No. 9 | | Charter TV3 | L 26–51 | 7,906 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island | No. 15 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 22,135 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Bryant* | No. 15 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| ESPN3 | W 45–17 | 7,951 |
October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stony Brook | No. 12 | | Wolfievision | L 24–38 | 12,311 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | No. 18 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| UNHAthletics via YouTube | W 40–17 | 10,522 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison | No. 17 | | MadiZone | L 0–21 | 25,298 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | at William & Mary | No. 21 | | TATV | W 35–16 | 5,426 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 7 Elon | No. 18 | - Wildcat Stadium
- Durham, NH
| FCS FSGO | W 16–6 | 7,294 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Albany | No. 16 | | CSL[1] | L 0–15 | 3,459 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | W 14–0 | 2,385 |
December 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Central Arkansas* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | W 21–15 | 6,243 |
December 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 6 South Dakota State* | No. 21 | | ESPN3 | L 14–56 | 5,583 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Maine
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Black Bears |
7 |
3 |
7 |
6 |
23 |
No. 13 Wildcats |
14 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
24 |
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At Georgia Southern
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 12 Wildcats |
15 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
22 |
Eagles |
0 |
0 |
5 |
7 |
12 |
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At Holy Cross
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 9 Wildcats |
7 |
0 |
12 |
7 |
26 |
Crusaders |
3 |
13 |
21 |
14 |
51 |
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Rhode Island
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Rams |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
No. 15 Wildcats |
8 |
7 |
0 |
13 |
28 |
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Bryant
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Bulldogs |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
No. 15 Wildcats |
17 |
14 |
0 |
14 |
45 |
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At Stony Brook
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 12 Wildcats |
6 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Seawolves |
9 |
7 |
6 |
16 |
38 |
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Towson
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Tigers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
17 |
No. 18 Wildcats |
7 |
26 |
7 |
0 |
40 |
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At James Madison
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 17 Wildcats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No. 1 Dukes |
0 |
14 |
7 |
0 |
21 |
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At William & Mary
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 21 Wildcats |
7 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
Tribe |
0 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
16 |
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Elon
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 7 Phoenix |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
No. 18 Wildcats |
0 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
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At Albany
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 16 Wildcats |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Great Danes |
0 |
3 |
9 |
3 |
15 |
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NCAA First Round—Central Connecticut
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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Blue Devils |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No. 21 Wildcats |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
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NCAA Second Round—at Central Arkansas
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 21 Wildcats |
7 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
No. 3 Bears |
7 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
15 |
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NCAA Quarterfinal–at South Dakota State
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 21 Wildcats |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
No. 6 Jackrabbits |
21 |
7 |
14 |
14 |
56 |
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 21 | |
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Coaches | 16 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 20 | |
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